Friday, 4 March 2011

Reset your AD Pswd history

Problem: As a developer I setup a development machine on my own network and the default security policy forces me to change my password every 60 days.

Hypothesis: Use Powershell to change how often the password needs to be reset in AD. I don't know this so if anyone has this script please post it.

Resolution: Use the PS to remove you history. This at lease allows me to reuse pswds repeatedly so I don't ned up with a lot of versions. I have multiple VM so it's pretty useful to know my passwords are consistant. Thanks to Brad Turner for posting this script.